Re: Other media players than iTunes

2011-05-15 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey I use VLC myself and find it quite accessible. I don't really have the patience to screw around with Itunes so VLC is fine for me. My only question about it is, is there a way to make it speak the name of the song or video that's playing? If there isn't, it's all good. Shawn -- You

Re: Next Chrome with screen reader support

2011-05-15 Thread Oriol Gómez
I can't seem to access the chrome menus in windows... can't use bookmarks either. I am able to browse websites though. so that's a step forward On 5/14/11, Kevin Mattingly kdmattin...@gmail.com wrote: Seems to work. Not to bad so far. Kev On May 10, 2011, at 3:05 PM, Pierre Heim wrote:

Re: how do you send direct messages in nambu?

2011-05-15 Thread Kevin Shaw
HI, What I do is highlight a tweet from the contact I want to message, then hit Command-D. That will put you in the message window where you can start typing your message. You won't see the @ sign with the contact's name, but when you send it, the message will be sent to your contact. Just

GPS and iPod

2011-05-15 Thread brandt
Hi there folks, I have jailbroken my iPod touch 3rd jen, and am wondering if anyone can recommend a bluetooth gps receiver for use with the ipod. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp If you like country, oldies and the ocasional modern track, you can tune in to my show, an Eclectic mess every

JB of iPhone IOS 4.3.1: how to

2011-05-15 Thread Massimo
Yes, yes, I know, this is a very old question and a repeated one too. I jailbroken my iPhone under windows, noticed Kydia's inaccessibility and let the thing go. Now that Kydia seems to be VO accessible, I would like to repeat the experience but I would like to do it with my Mac and I am

Re: JB of iPhone IOS 4.3.1: how to

2011-05-15 Thread brandt
check www.chicksdigmacs.net for jailbreak info. I jailbroke my iPod within 20 minutes of reading the guyds. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp If you like country, oldies and the ocasional modern track, you can tune in to my show, an Eclectic mess every Wednesday afternoon at 3 PM UTC by going

Re: GPS and iPod

2011-05-15 Thread erik burggraaf
Seriously? I can use my IBlue 737 if I jailbreak my ITouch? Please confirm this. It will be the coo of the century! Thanks, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-05-15, at 8:49 AM,

regarding bluetooth gps and iPod

2011-05-15 Thread brandt
I just checked MacRumors Forums and it has been tested and prooven to work. If you jailbreak your ipod touch and get either RoqyBT (for iOS4 it will be RoqyBT4) or BTstackGPS from cydia then you can use a Bluetooth gps receiver. check http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=787122 Warm

Re: GPS and iPod

2011-05-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
The iblue 737 or qstarz 818 are good choices, I'm not sure if jail breaking the device will allow these to work though, it depends on whether the appropriate bluetooth profile, in this case, serial port protocol is supported. On May 15, 2011, at 7:49 AM, brandt wrote: Hi there folks, I

Re: regarding bluetooth gps and iPod

2011-05-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
Ok, so you use a separate app to do it. I'm not sure why apple would not permit that app in their store, perhaps it accesses something they don't llike. There is a similar app for android that allows a bluetooth receiver to work, but you don't have to hack your android phone, you simply install

Re: macbook pro or macbook air?

2011-05-15 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Oh, I know the price will drop, and the GB space will increase. That is when I'd conceder an air, right now, SSD is still a bit pricy though. I also need the storage space for my music, and Tivo shows. On May 14, 2011, at 10:29 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote: Of course it is. That's a lot of why the

Re: macbook pro or macbook air?

2011-05-15 Thread Eric Brinkman
I believe you can get a MacBook Pro with a 500 GB SSD. Anyone have one? Is it super fast? Eric On 5/15/11, Sarai Bucciarelli bucc7...@bellsouth.net wrote: Oh, I know the price will drop, and the GB space will increase. That is when I'd conceder an air, right now, SSD is still a bit pricy

Re: JB of iPhone IOS 4.3.1: how to

2011-05-15 Thread Massimo
In data Domenica 15 Maggio 2011 15.41.11, brandt brandt.steenk...@gmail.com ha scritto: check www.chicksdigmacs.net for jailbreak info. Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: using programs in terminal

2011-05-15 Thread Pierre Heim
Hi Anouk, usually you have to start the terminal first and navigate to the installation folder of your application. If you have this installation path in your PATH environment you can start the application from every path location. For general usage of the terminal check out a tutorial for the

Re: macbook pro or macbook air?

2011-05-15 Thread Pete Nalda
Here's also something to consider. Let's say the OP goes with an Air. and decides to travel, by the time you pack an Air, an external dvd drive, and power cables, the weight could add up to almost the same as packing a Macbook Pro. You just wouldn't need as big of a case for the smaller

RSS on the mac with VO?

2011-05-15 Thread Eric Brinkman
Hi listers, I was just attempting to use Google Reader on the Mac but it didn't seem fully accessible. It seems like it gives you a great collection of news feeds, but I was having trouble adding additional subscriptions. Do other VO users use Google Reader or the built-in RSS feature in

Re: macbook pro or macbook air?

2011-05-15 Thread Ricardo Walker
Yeah but optical drives are going the way of the dinosaur. We have iTunes, amazon, netflix, and other sources to obtain media content. You want an app, just download it from the web or the Mac app store. Don't be surprised in 2 years, if all macbooks follow the air and get rid of their

Re: RSS on the mac with VO?

2011-05-15 Thread Ed Worrell
Hello Eric, I use the RSS feed part of Apple Mail, it seems to work pretty well. ED -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send

Re: macbook pro or macbook air?

2011-05-15 Thread Eric Brinkman
Yeah I've only needed the external DVD drive with my Air once or twice. With that said, there will probably still be quite a bit of stuff that is only available on disc, at least for now. Netflix's streaming library definitely leaves a little to be desired. For instance, only the second and

Re: macbook pro or macbook air?

2011-05-15 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: You can get a MBP with 750GB HD. I want one. LOL On May 15, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Eric Brinkman wrote: I believe you can get a MacBook Pro with a 500 GB SSD. Anyone have one? Is it super fast? Eric On 5/15/11, Sarai Bucciarelli bucc7...@bellsouth.net wrote: Oh, I know the price will

Re: macbook pro or macbook air?

2011-05-15 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I still have a mountain of CDS that I'm trying to rip. On May 15, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Yeah but optical drives are going the way of the dinosaur. We have iTunes, amazon, netflix, and other sources to obtain media content. You want an app, just download it from the web

Duplicate Part of a Track in GarageBand

2011-05-15 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, I have two tracks that I need to modify. With one, I need to copy the first approximately 1.5 minutes of the track and duplicate it at the end, or really anywhere. With the second, I need to duplicate it so that there are four copies of the same thing. I'm just getting started with

Re: Next Chrome with screen reader support

2011-05-15 Thread carolyn Haas
Does this actually work on the mac? Or, are we discussing a windows program here? On May 15, 2011, at 1:02 AM, Oriol Gómez wrote: I can't seem to access the chrome menus in windows... can't use bookmarks either. I am able to browse websites though. so that's a step forward On 5/14/11,

Re: Duplicate Part of a Track in GarageBand

2011-05-15 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Find the region you want to duplicate after you've split the regions like you've already don, then just press command c to copy it to the clipboard. Then Paste it where ever you want. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On May

Re: Duplicate Part of a Track in GarageBand

2011-05-15 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, That didn't really work. Cmd+C didn't really copy the region. When I pasted, it just re-pasted the track I had already pasted into GarageBand, so it doubled the entire track. Thanks, Brandon On May 15, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, Find the region you want to duplicate

Re: macbook pro or macbook air?

2011-05-15 Thread Pete Nalda
You might be right, I think at this time if it were me making this decision, I'd still get an MBP. We're getting close to saying goodbye to optical drives, but not there yet. In my case, I have too much purchased media I want in my computer to forgo an optical drive. If the OP wanted the

Re: Next Chrome with screen reader support

2011-05-15 Thread Pete Nalda
I Don't know about the accessibility part. But here's the page where it talks about Chrome for the Mac. http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/make/download-mac.html?brand=CHKZplatform=mac On May 15, 2011, at 1:03 PM, carolyn Haas wrote: Does this actually work on the mac? Or, are we

Re: Apple problem

2011-05-15 Thread matthew Dyer on Mac Mini
Hi carlen, I did manage to runn a software update yesterday, but I am still not able to use eucurothru which is the twitter client I downloaded from the app store. Colme to think of it, I am unable to connect to the appstore. Matthew On May 14, 2011, at 11:31 AM, carolyn Haas wrote: Hi

rewinding in ITunes

2011-05-15 Thread Lex
Hi all, I am new to this list, so let me introduce myself. My name is Oleksij, I am living in Kyiv, Ukraine. Currently I am taking a bachelor degree in computer science at National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy, and work as a python developer part-time. Also I am member of the NVDA

Re: rewinding in ITunes

2011-05-15 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Command Option left or right arrows, when held down, will jump-rewind. It goes incrementally faster the longer you hold them down. The same thing may be accomplished by holding down the F7 and F9 to rewind and fast forward respectively. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter:

Re: rewinding in ITunes

2011-05-15 Thread Colin M
Hi Lex! To move through a track either forward or back! use the command+option and either left or right arrow keys! As far as getting to a set place I'm not sure you can [unless someone knows better] Colin On 15 May 2011, at 21:13, Lex wrote: Hi all, I am new to this list, so let me

Re: Next Chrome with screen reader support

2011-05-15 Thread David Hole
Hi guys. I've tried the last dev-build (13) on my Mac, and yes, there are progress! Not as good as Safary yet, but there are things going on. I'd suggest you all to consider the dev-build. Check out this link for more info: http://dev.chromium.org/user-experience/screen-reader-support -David On

Re: Apple problem

2011-05-15 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Matt: If you updated something yesterday, and downloaded an app, it sounds like it may be a system or network issue, rather than an Apple issue. When you say the app won't work, is it an possible there's an accessibility issue with the app? What kind of message are you getting when you

Re: rewinding in ITunes

2011-05-15 Thread Scott Howell
Lex, you want to use command-option-arrows. Command and option are immediately next to each other. Scott On May 15, 2011, at 4:13 PM, Lex wrote: Hi all, I am new to this list, so let me introduce myself. My name is Oleksij, I am living in Kyiv, Ukraine. Currently I am taking a bachelor

Re: macbook pro or macbook air?

2011-05-15 Thread Ricardo Walker
Yeah, But thats besides the point. eventually, you'll finished ripping them and have 1 less need for an optical drive. And in the future, you won't be purchasing CDs. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On May 15, 2011, at 1:32 PM,

Re: Duplicate Part of a Track in GarageBand

2011-05-15 Thread Ricardo Walker
What version of garageband are you using? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On May 15, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Brandon Olivares wrote: Hi, That didn't really work. Cmd+C didn't really copy the region. When I pasted, it just re-pasted

Re: RSS on the mac with VO?

2011-05-15 Thread matthew Dyer on Mac Mini
Hi, I have plaied around with the rss featcher in safary, but never could figure out how it works. Matthew On May 15, 2011, at 12:55 PM, Eric Brinkman wrote: Hi listers, I was just attempting to use Google Reader on the Mac but it didn't seem fully accessible. It seems like it gives

Re: -- SPAM --Re: Next Chrome with screen reader support

2011-05-15 Thread David McLean
It does work on the mac. There are still flaws but depending on the webpage you're looking at it works well. Tables don't seem to work for some reason (at least for me) and people have said that links aren't always spoken but it is significantly faster than Safari. On May 15, 2011, at 2:03

Re: Apple problem

2011-05-15 Thread matthew Dyer on Mac Mini
It just says can't connect to the app store. If I open the app, it does nothing. I just get an empty table. I am able to do everything els brows the web, check e-mail, run adium exctera. I have not roled out the idea of it being a network problem. THanks again for your help. Matthew On

Re: Duplicate Part of a Track in GarageBand

2011-05-15 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, It is version 6.0.2. Thanks, Brandon On May 15, 2011, at 5:36 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: What version of garageband are you using? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On May 15, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Brandon Olivares wrote:

Re: -- SPAM --Re: Next Chrome with screen reader support

2011-05-15 Thread Scott Howell
Well I guess based on your comments tables have not been corrected. I'm glad I sent Chrome off to the bit bucket. I don't care much if it's faster when it does not handle even the simple things such as tables. I reported that quite a while back and hoped it would be addressed. Most unfortunate.

Re: Apple problem

2011-05-15 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Matthew: Are you talking about the Mac app store, or one through iTunes? Also, are you running the latest snowleopard update? Either of those could be causing a problem. Carolyn On May 15, 2011, at 3:56 PM, matthew Dyer on Mac Mini wrote: It just says can't connect to the app store. If

Re: rewinding in ITunes

2011-05-15 Thread Esther
Hi Lex, Welcome to the macvisionaries list. Colin and Mark have already responded with the shortcut for rewinding in iTunes (Command+Option+Left or Right arrow keys). I'll answer your question about jumping to a specific time in any track in iTunes by also pointing you to a great resource for

Next Chrome with screen reader support

2011-05-15 Thread David McLean
Interesting--I didn't know it was that far along until Friday. I guess it's off to the bit bucket with it for me as well in that case! On May 15, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Well I guess based on your comments tables have not been corrected. I'm glad I sent Chrome off to the bit

Selecting a library in iTunes

2011-05-15 Thread Brian Miller
All, It shouldn't be this hard, but I am really struggling with figuring out how to select a library in iTunes after I've updated the program. I've tried selecting some options I thought ought to be it, but then again I am not sure exactly where my library of music is. I've selected it before,

Re: rewinding in ITunes

2011-05-15 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Les, Welcome to the world of mac. To go to specific spots in iTunes tracks, it's best to use a script like the one available from my site, link is below: http://web.me.com/kilburns/voiceover/downloads.html You are welcome to use anything there including tutorials. Later... On 2011-05-15,

Re: Uncommonly used keystrokes for selecting items?

2011-05-15 Thread Esther
Hi Rose, This is a quick addition for your question Also, I'm looking for another keystroke which will deselect everything. That is to say, I want no items in a folder or list selected. Just press the escape key and all you selections will be deselected. Should have been obvious, since

Re: Apple problem

2011-05-15 Thread Jon Cohn
Do you run a software or hardware firewall? You might need to open ports to the programs in question if you have the software firewall enabled. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

RSS Questions

2011-05-15 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys: I've just discovered RSS, and figured out how to use iMail as an RSS reader. I think I'm addicted. LOL. I have two questions. How do you remove RSS feeds, or edit mistakes? Is there an iPhone app that you can get to sync your RSS feeds from iMail? -- You received this message because

Re: RSS on the mac with VO?

2011-05-15 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I just figured out how to set it up in iMail. It is easy. On May 15, 2011, at 4:42 PM, matthew Dyer on Mac Mini wrote: Hi, I have plaied around with the rss featcher in safary, but never could figure out how it works. Matthew On May 15, 2011, at 12:55 PM, Eric Brinkman wrote: